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feb517f3 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @022a7c10 I hear this issue mentioned frequently. Why is there not a setting on screen readers to normalize these letters before speaking them? I would expect the case where you would *want* to hear the “mathematical italics small e” full name to be rare.
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7e72a9e1 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
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Screen readers do offer settings that can help, but the user only knows after encountering it. And this assumes all screen reader users are technically savvy when in reality the skill level is highly variable.

I offer further challenges:
https://adrianroselli.com/2021/10/blaming-screen-readers-red-flag.html

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3113e645 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @113f6899 @66366d2a @022a7c10 maybe I'm missing something, but the default settings for screen readers should be a little more math friendly.

"Mathematical italics x" just sounds awful, even if there is a legitimate mathematical equation. I'm struggling on how to even represent a simple equation on Mastodon, so the difficulty isn't specific to screen readers, but at a start "x = 2y + 3" I hope would render as "x is equal to two y plus three" at the least.
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7e72a9e1 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @3e369e25 
The default settings are to report what the author wrote. The assumption is generally that fidelity trumps assumptions.

That being said, if you have suggestions for fixes then the open source screen readers would be thrilled for feedback.

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